Home / Compare / Steel demand vs Crude steel production Steel demand vs Crude steel production Steel demand (annual) and Crude steel production (monthly) worldwide. They are published at different intervals, so each is drawn on its own rather than matched period by period.
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Over time Global. Steel demand is published as annual figures and crude steel production as monthly ones, so they are drawn on separate
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and no period is matched between them. Read each on its own.
Steel demand
Unit: million tonnes · 2 observations
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Steel demand Steel demand. 2 observations from 2026 to 2027, ranging from 1,724 million tonnes to 1,762 million tonnes, of which 2 are forecasts. Latest value 1,762 million tonnes (2027).
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Steel demand Steel demand. 2 observations from 2026 to 2027, ranging from 1,724 million tonnes to 1,762 million tonnes, of which 2 are forecasts. Latest value 1,762 million tonnes (2027).
million tonnes
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1,762
Steel demand Steel demand. 2 observations from 2026 to 2027, ranging from 1,724 million tonnes to 1,762 million tonnes, of which 2 are forecasts. Latest value 1,762 million tonnes (2027).
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1,762
View the underlying data Crude steel production
Unit: million tonnes · 2 observations
Line chart Crude steel production Crude steel production. 2 observations from June 2026 to July 2026, ranging from 149.2 million tonnes to 155.7 million tonnes. Latest value 149.2 million tonnes (July 2026).
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Crude steel production Crude steel production. 2 observations from June 2026 to July 2026, ranging from 149.2 million tonnes to 155.7 million tonnes. Latest value 149.2 million tonnes (July 2026).
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Crude steel production Crude steel production. 2 observations from June 2026 to July 2026, ranging from 149.2 million tonnes to 155.7 million tonnes. Latest value 149.2 million tonnes (July 2026).
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View the underlying data Shared periods
Side by side No period lines up: steel demand is annual and crude steel production is monthly. A month and a year are not the same measurement window, so no row pairs them.
Provenance
Where these numbers come from Total volume of steel demand for the specified region and period.
2 observations charted in Global
· source organisations: worldsteel
Total volume of crude steel produced.
2 observations charted in Global
· source organisations: worldsteel
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